Welcome to the new blog for The Top 100 Canadian Singles book. It’s going to be released soon, on Sept. 30th, from Goose Lane Editions. It’s been two years in the making, and is sure to spark debate, conversation, and above all, lots of passionate talk about the great music of Canada.
One of the topics from last week’s Slate Culture Gabfest was a discussion on provocative literary agent Andrew Wylie’s recent shift into the world of electronic text on behalf of his blue chip stable of clients (Updike, Mailer, Nabokov, Bellow, etc.) Will this signal a quantum shift from paper to lcd?
Like many of us, Larkin loved best the music he grew up with – in his case Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, the classic swing bands and the small groups led by Eddie Condon – and loathed the arrival of bebop and the further flights of modernism that followed.
Charles Spencer/The Telegraph (UK)
Contemporary publishing is engulfed by a forest of question marks. What defines a beautiful book? Is it printed or digital? How much does it take (time, money, energy) to produce? How do you get it to your audience? There are so many questions because there are presently so many available options. Advancements in affordability of printing, promotion and distribution has significantly lowered the barrier to entry for would-be publishers.
Craig Mod/Kickstartup
Our cabbie likes to mix things up by reading both fiction and nonfiction; new releases and older volumes; serious tomes and lighter fare; and, of course, a healthy helping of whatever people leave in the back of his cab. Here’s a list of what Will Grozier loves right now, books that captivate whether you’re poring over them on the beach or sampling them on a short taxi ride.
NPR
Joanna Ebenstein is the web curator of Morbid Anatomy which she developed in conjunction with a photographic exhibition called Anatomical Theatre. When not obsessing publicly about dead stuff, she passes her time as a graphic designer and photographer in Brooklyn, New York. She also runs the Morbid Anatomy Library located in Brooklyn and open to the public. You can reach her at morbidanatomy@gmail.com.
When Binky Brown (Green’s alter ego) hits puberty after a strict Roman Catholic upbringing, he is plagued by religious guilt and a sexual obsession with the Virgin Mary. The rituals and associations that engulf Binky’s life give a stark insight into the difficulty of living with OCD.
Cian O’Luanaigh.The Guardian
Jane Friedman, executive director of Writer’s Digest, lists several tools from social media, word processing, blogging, organizing and so on that might keep you on the right path towards productivity. Or at least creative ways to waste your time while you’re not being productive.
